"BeeRich" wrote:
Hi folks.
Just out of curiosity, how long would it take me to go from Toronto to
the Caribbean?
Toronto - Oswego, NY
Oswego, NY - NY Canal System to NYC
NYC - Florida Keys
Florida Keys - Some lazy bay in the Caribbean somewhere
I'm just looking for ballpark estimates for a 40' sailboat. Dedicated
movement (no 3 week stays in Chesapeake, etc.) every day, and mooring
probably every night.
We (CSY 44) motor about 5 knots (you can't count on the wind) and we
do between 30 and 40 statute miles a day (that's how the ICW from
Norfolk to Key West is measured). We can do 50, but it means pushing,
and we have on occasion done a little more but it means getting up
early and pushing hard and we don't like to do that. We anchor or go
to a marina every night unless we go outside (that is we don't travel
at night or after dark). So you can take the mileage and make an
estimate (being sure to do the math if you are doing nautical miles
instead of statute miles).
But you will need to reprovision some time, and possibly buy parts for
the boat, plus you will need to occasionally wait for the weather.
http://www.ourprivatepage.50megs.com/icw_charts.html
The fartherest we've ever traveled in daylight is 92 miles from West
End to Ft. Pierce and we left at 6 am and arrived at 7:30 pm and we
motor sailed with a wind of about 25 knots with gusts and the Gulf
Stream was also pushing us about 3-4 knots. Bob said the GPS said
that at one point we were doing 12 knots IIRC.
I have no idea how long it will take to get from Toronto to the
Chesapeake.
From the Potomac, going inside, it takes us about 3 weeks to get to
Miami.
The way would do it now would be -
Inside down the Chesapeake to Norfolk- probably would take us at least
6 days
Down the Elizabeth River (Norfolk) and the ICW to Beaufort - 4 days
From Beaufort to Southport outside - one long day
Southport to Charleston - one 24 hour period
Rest stop in Charleston - 2 days at least
Charleston to the St. Mary's River - one 24 hour period
Rest stop Fernandina or St. Mary's
Inside to Fort Pierce -3-4 days
Outside Ft. Pierce to Miami - 24 hour period
Rest stop in Miami
Miami to Key West - 2 days
Key West to Dry Tortugas - 2 days
So it would take us about a month from the upper end of the Chesapeake
to the Dry Tortugas. Or alternately if we didn't mind skipping the
Keys, we could go directly from Ft. Pierce to the Bahamas.
For the Bahamas to the Caribbean, check out the Gentleman's Guide.
I've only driven from Toronto to Miami and that was when I was a kid.
I've flown, but this is obviously a different thing altogether.
Anybody done this? I'm looking at becoming a Snowbird (duck or goose,
that doesn't leave water) and going South for the winters, then coming
back up in the spring.
Lots of people have done this, and some of them have put their trip
reports on the internet
Canada to the Bahamas
http://www.storm.ca/~bpsscps/Trvl_Go...wayindex.shtml
Toronto to St. Augustine (they had engine trouble and could not go on
to the Bahamas so they spent the winter here)
http://www.angelfire.com/sd/humpboattrip/
Maine to the Bahamas
http://www.djerickson.com/sail/
Oswego NY to Miami
http://www.markblackburn.org/mv/NovCruise/progress.htm
Baltimore or Chesapeake to the Bahamas
http://www.ganssle.com/jack/bahamas2...mas_cruise.htm
http://www.jule-iii.com/trips/voyage2002/index.shtml
http://www.galiander.ca/galiandr.htm
New Jersey to Nova Scotia
http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare/me_ns_89_2.htm
Dry Tortugas to Cuba
http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare/cuba_96_2.htm
Connecticut to Bermuda to the Caribbean
http://www.geocities.com/svdestiny2000/index.html
Ft. Myers to Charleston and then up the ICW to Norfolk, and up the
Chesapeake and up the Hudson, through the Eire Canal to Lake Ontario
http://www.angelfire.com/oh4/camelot/leg2.html
Are there ramifications on a fiberglass hull moving from fresh - salt
- fresh - salt, etc.?
grandma Rosalie
http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/